chirality

enantiomers are non identical mirror images with a plane of symettry

enantiomers are a pair of stereoisomers that are non identical mirror images of eachother

diastereoisomers are

when describing chiral centres.. (select all that are true)

Biosynthesis (synthesis of molecules in a biological system) is often stereoselective

Chiral synthesis in the laboratory is often very [blank_start]difficult[blank_end]. It is even harder to scale up to industrial scale. Two approaches to obtaining pure chiral molecules are [blank_start]Chiral separation[blank_end] (use a physical method e.g chromatography to separate the desired stereoisomer from a mixture) and [blank_start]The Chiral Pool[blank_end] (use a starting material that already contains a chriral centre.)

about 25% of drugs are administered as a racemate - an equal mixture of stereoisomers

some drugs are given as a single isomer which means a larger dose is required

which of the following is FALSE

select which apply about the ADME of stereoisomers:

The development of a [blank_start]single[blank_end] isomer drug from a previously marketed [blank_start]racemate[blank_end] is known as the [blank_start]chiral switch[blank_end]

which are advantages of the chiral switch?